diff --git a/scripts/github/merge-pr b/scripts/github/merge-pr
index 24e944a4d7..029f64bd6a 100755
--- a/scripts/github/merge-pr
+++ b/scripts/github/merge-pr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -u -e -o pipefail
 
diff --git a/scripts/github/push-upstream b/scripts/github/push-upstream
index 076ffcc856..a802808856 100755
--- a/scripts/github/push-upstream
+++ b/scripts/github/push-upstream
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -u -e -o pipefail
 
diff --git a/scripts/github/rebase-pr b/scripts/github/rebase-pr
index 77cda6cd51..b87dbe815f 100755
--- a/scripts/github/rebase-pr
+++ b/scripts/github/rebase-pr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -u -e -o pipefail
 
diff --git a/scripts/release/post-check b/scripts/release/post-check
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9d46036aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/post-check
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# use for PATCH releases
+# Verify that all packages are published with correct version:
+
+mkdir tmp
+cd tmp
+npm init -y
+npm install typescript@2.6 rxjs@5.5.0 zone.js@0.8.10 @angular/{animations,core,common,forms,router,platform-browser,platform-browser-dynamic,platform-webworker,platform-webworker-dynamic,platform-server,service-worker,compiler,compiler-cli,upgrade,language-service} --save
+cd ..
+rm -rf tmp
+
+echo "CHECK THE DIST-TAGS"
+
+grep '"name": "@angular' $(find packages -name package.json) | grep -o '@angular/[^/"]*' | sort -u | xargs -n 1 -I% npm show \% name dist-tags
diff --git a/scripts/release/post-check-next b/scripts/release/post-check-next
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e10d46b9a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/post-check-next
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# use for BETA and RC releases
+# Verify that all packages are published with correct version:
+
+mkdir tmp
+cd tmp
+npm init -y
+npm install typescript@2.6 rxjs@5.5.0 zone.js@0.8.10 @angular/{animations,core,common,forms,router,platform-browser,platform-browser-dynamic,platform-webworker,platform-webworker-dynamic,platform-server,compiler,compiler-cli,language-service,service-worker,upgrade}@next --save
+cd ..
+rm -rf tmp
+
+echo "CHECK THE DIST-TAGS"
+
+grep '"name": "@angular' $(find packages -name package.json) | grep -o '@angular/[^/"]*' | sort -u | xargs -n 1 -I% npm show \% name dist-tags
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diff --git a/scripts/release/pre-check b/scripts/release/pre-check
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..33281cb030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/pre-check
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Verify peer deps constraints and package.json before publishing to npm
+# There should be no npm errors
+
+mkdir tmp
+cd tmp
+npm init -y
+npm install --save ../dist/packages-dist/* zone.js@0.8.10 rxjs@5.5.0 typescript@2.6
+cd ..
+rm -rf ./tmp
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diff --git a/scripts/release/publish b/scripts/release/publish
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..204be53eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/publish
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Use for PATCH releases
+# Publish all packages in `dist/packages-dist` to npm
+
+(cd dist/packages-dist; for p in `ls .`; do npm publish --access public $p; done)
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diff --git a/scripts/release/publish-next b/scripts/release/publish-next
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e1d0f21f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/publish-next
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Use for BETA and RC releases
+# Publish all packages in `dist/packages-dist` to npm (as next)
+
+(cd dist/packages-dist; for p in `ls .`; do npm publish --access public --tag next $p; done)
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